CME Group Announces Daily Volume Record In Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options

Short-Dated New Crop Options Combined Open Interest Surpasses 100k

CHICAGO, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it reached a daily volume record for its Short-Dated New Crop Corn options on Monday, April 8. Volume reached a record 7,733 contracts for Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options, surpassing the previous record of 6,505 contracts on January 4, 2013.

Additionally, combined open interest for Short-Dated New Crop Corn and Soybean options surpassed 100,000 contracts for the first time on April 8, and ended trading with 101,472 contracts on Tuesday, April 9.

Short-Dated New Crop Options on CBOT Corn, Soybeans and Wheat expire earlier than traditional new crop options and were first introduced in 2012.

These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of CBOT.

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